1540 Kevola

1540 Kevola
Shape model of Kevola from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byL. Oterma
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date16 November 1938
Designations
(1540) Kevola
Named after
Kevola Observatory[2]
1938 WK · 1926 GT
1933 UM · 1933 WR
1936 KL · 1937 QG
1940 EJ
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc91.23 yr (33,320 days)
Aphelion3.0937 AU
Perihelion2.6068 AU
2.8502 AU
Eccentricity0.0854
4.81 yr (1,758 days)
37.259°
0° 12m 17.28s / day
Inclination11.971°
52.468°
113.68°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions37.12±13.60 km[5]
40.16±0.59 km[6]
40.22±13.69 km[7]
43.875±0.318 km[8]
44.18±1.7 km[9]
44.22 km (derived)[3]
20.071±0.0119 h[10]
20.082±0.001 h[11]
0.0433±0.004[9]
0.0474 (derived)[3]
0.048±0.008[8]
0.05±0.04[7]
0.053±0.002[6]
0.06±0.05[5]
C  (assumed)[3]
10.640±0.003 (R)[10] · 10.70[3][7][8] · 10.80[1][6][9] · 10.83[5] · 10.83±0.36[12]

1540 Kevola, provisional designation 1938 WK, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 42 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 November 1938, by astronomer Liisi Oterma at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, Finland.[13] The asteroid was named after the Finnish Kevola Observatory.[2]

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